|Ship|Built|In service for Cunard|Type|Tonnage|Notes|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Queen Mary|1936|1936–1967|express|80,750 GRT|Blue Riband, sold 1967, now a stationary hotel ship|
|Mauretania|1939|1939–1965|express|37,750 GRT|scrapped 1965|
|Queen Elizabeth|1940|1946–1968|express|83,650 GRT|WWII troopship 1940–1945, sold 1968, destroyed by fire 1972|
|Media|1947|1947–1961|cargo liner|13,350 GRT|sold to Cogedar Line 1961, scrapped 1989|
|Parthia|1947|1947–1961|cargo liner|13,350 GRT|sold to P&O 1961, renamed Remuera, scrapped 1969|
|Caronia|1949|1949–1968|cruise|34,200 GRT|sold 1968, wrecked 1974|
|Britannic|1929|1950–1960|intermediate|26,943 GRT|built for White Star Line, scrapped 1960|
|Georgic|1932|1950–1956|intermediate|27,759 GRT|built for White Star Line, scrapped 1956|
|Saxonia Carmania|1954|1954–1962 1962–1973|intermediate cruise|21,637 GRT 21,370 GRT|Sold to the Black Sea Shipping Company, Soviet Union 1973|
|Ivernia Franconia|1955|1955–1963 1963–1973|intermediate cruise|21,800 GRT|Sold to the Far Eastern Shipping Company, Soviet Union 1973, scrapped 2004|
|Carinthia|1956|1956–1968|intermediate|21,800 GRT|sold to Sitmar Line 1968, scrapped 2005|
|Sylvania|1957|1957–1968|intermediate|21,800 GRT|sold to Sitmar Line 1968, scrapped 2004|
|Alaunia|1960|1960–1969|cargo liner|7,004 GRT|sold to Brocklebank Line in 1969|
|Queen Elizabeth 2|1969|1969–2008|express|70,300 GRT|sold 2008, laid up in Port Rashid|
|Atlantic Causeway|1969|1970–1986|container ship|14,950 GRT|scrapped in 1986|
|Atlantic Conveyor|1970|1970–1982|container ship|14,946 GRT|sunk in Falklands War 1982|

Question: how many express ships?
Answer: 4